Northwoods Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

60 people per wave at the start was a real mess, but I cleared out quickly. Plan was to push hard the entire way as it's a short race. Navigation went VERY well and I'm sure that contributed to a good split. Last half of the race I managed to draft a bit and avoid the stragglers from the first wave.

Not much...it was my best swim performance in a race.

This was a decent T1 time for me, but I've GOT to get better.

Next yr I'll have tri shoes and do the "shoes on the bike" thing.

Plan was to push harder than I ever have on the bike and see what happens. I stood and ground out the hills and my avg mph seems to reflect that. I know I still need to get stronger on the bike, but I'm pretty happy with my best ever mph average in a race.

I didn't pass many on the bike, but was passed by a few.

Push even harder on the hills.

I know this transition can be faster. It was a long run with my bike to my rack so that contributed a bit to the slow time.

Getting tri shoes and exiting the shoes on the bike will help nxt yr.

I went about as flat out as I could HR was way over zone 5 for the entirety. I saw Dave B coming back in 4th place - what a finish for him.

Thought I'd catch some of the bikers I couldn't catch. As it turns out, there weren't all that many to be caught! As it turns out, I was about net even as I passed a few, and got passed as well. Saw John ahead of me in transition and couldn't hang with the young buck.

Overall, I was pretty happy with this run as it was my best run split ever. Cool stuff!

Run faster!

Nearly puked under a tree.


Bike course was windy, but I pretty much didn't hold anything back in this race. For my fitness level, this is about as good as it gets for 06.


This is a very organized race, and for a small town the local folks really get excited. I think the fact that alot of the racers are residents (or prior residents like myself) contribute to the enthusiastic crowd.